asphyxia vs drowse

asphyxia

noun
  • Loss of consciousness due to the interruption of breathing and consequent anoxia. 

  • Loss of consciousness due to the body's inability to deliver oxygen to its tissues, either by the breathing of air lacking oxygen or by the inability of the blood to carry oxygen. 

drowse

noun
  • The state of being sleepy and inactive. 

verb
  • To nod off; to fall asleep. 

  • To be sleepy and inactive. 

  • To advance drowsily. (Used especially in the phrase "drowse one's way" ⇒ sleepily make one's way.) 

  • To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid. 

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